Reformation: Causes and Luther

Kings and Nobles were

• concerned for their subjects under the church

• ability to excommunicate heretics

• jealous of the church's power and wealth

• supportive of the pope

The Renaissance caused the Reformation by teaching people...

• to be cautious about questioning the church

• they were good enough to question the church

• they were better than the church

• they were worthless

Which invention most helped to cause the Reformation

• the printing press

• the bible

• the German language

• stamps

Luther became a monk after

• a dramatic conversion

• a severe storm

• a long crusade

• being a lawyer

Indulgences took advantage of the idea of

• humanism

• secularism

• excess freedom

• excess grace

Indulgences gave people

• years off of purgatory

• a way straight to heaven

• a way to send people to hell

• a way to mission to outsiders

Indulgences were needed to help pay for...

• private jets

• feasts

• St. Peter's Basilica

• Notre Dame

Tetzel's closest modern equivalent would be a

• Prince

• Pope

• missionary

• televangelist

Luther believed salvation was between

• God and the church

• people and the church

• God and the individual

• the community

What idea led Luther to look at the Bible in its original language?

• salvation by works

• salvation by faith

• ad fontes

• ad liber